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Generative AI coding tools and agents do not work for me

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399 points nomdep | 1 comments | 17 Jun 25 00:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.24s | source
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ritz_labringue ◴[17 Jun 25 09:15 UTC] No.44297150[source]▶
AI is really useful when you already know what code needs to be written. If you can explain it properly, the AI will write it faster than you can and you'll save time because it is quick to check that this is actually the code you wanted to write. So "programming with AI" means programming in your mind and then using the AI to materialize it in the codebase.
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1. Tzt ◴[17 Jun 25 11:39 UTC] No.44297915[source]▶
Well, kinda? I often know what chunks / functions I need, but too lazy to think how to implement them exactly, how they should works inside. Yeah, you need to have overall idea of what you are trying to make.